| 1 | The State Administration Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the Division of Emergency Management of |
| 8 | the Department of Community Affairs; amending s. 20.18, |
| 9 | F.S.; providing that the director of the Division of |
| 10 | Emergency Management be designated as agency head of the |
| 11 | division; providing for appointment of the director by the |
| 12 | Governor; providing that the division is a separate budget |
| 13 | entity, not subject to control by the department; |
| 14 | providing for an agreement between the division and |
| 15 | department for certain services; prescribing duties of the |
| 16 | division; providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 21 | 20.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 22 | 20.18 Department of Community Affairs.--There is created a |
| 23 | Department of Community Affairs. |
| 24 | (2) The following units of the Department of Community |
| 25 | Affairs are established: |
| 26 | (a) Division of Emergency Management. The division is a |
| 27 | separate budget entity and is not subject to control, |
| 28 | supervision, or direction by the Department of Community Affairs |
| 29 | in any manner, including, but not limited to, personnel, |
| 30 | purchasing, transactions involving personal property, and |
| 31 | budgetary matters. The division director shall be appointed by |
| 32 | the Governor, shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and |
| 33 | shall be the agency head of the division for all purposes. The |
| 34 | division shall enter into a service agreement with the |
| 35 | department for professional, technological, and administrative |
| 36 | support services. The division shall collaborate and coordinate |
| 37 | with the department on nonemergency response matters, including, |
| 38 | but not limited to, disaster recovery programs, grant programs, |
| 39 | mitigation programs, and emergency matters related to |
| 40 | comprehensive plans. |
| 41 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |